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Workplace Writing: A Handbook for Common Workplace Genres and Professional Writing


Author: Anna Goins, Kansas State University, Cheryl Rauh, Kansas State University, Danielle Tarner, Kansas State University, Daniel Von Holten, Kansas State University
Source: New Prairie Press - Kansas State University
ISBN: 9781944548001
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This handbook is designed for a generalized business writing course that seeks to meet the needs of a variety of student majors and career interests. In it you will find: descriptions and discussions of common genres, both routine and formal, print and electronic, and in-class activities and sample assignments. You will also find commentary on how to adapt the writing process to the rhetorical constraints of a workplace as well as how to think about, conduct, and use research outside an academic setting. Throughout you will note a persistent emphasis on audience awareness and direct style